SPONSOR - Jess

🐾 Sponsor Jess’s Care 🐾

Meet Jess, also known as Jessica, Jess Jess, or Jess-ca, our longest-standing sanctuary resident and a true queen of resilience. She is a ginger girl with a heart of gold and a story that shows just how much love, care and safety can matter. She lives with chronic rhinitis after surviving horrific abuse, but even with her ongoing health challenges, she still adores people and greets us with love every day. She is gentle, affectionate, trusting and deeply loved.

🧡 Jess’s rescue story

Jess was found abandoned in a rented property with 15 other cats. Most were taken by the RSPCA, but Jess and two others were left behind. She was unwell from the start, and vets later discovered a shocking cause, a piece of her own skull lodged in her nasal cavity, likely from deliberate injury. This had left her hard palate paper-thin and caused chronic infection. After a failed first surgery, Jess was treated at Willows in Birmingham, where the bone was removed and the hole repaired thanks to donations raised through our “Jump for Jess” skydive. Jess improved so much after treatment, but she has always needed careful ongoing care.

🩺 Jess’s health and care

Jess lives with chronic rhinitis and needs daily support to keep her comfortable. More recently, the hole in the roof of Jess’s mouth has returned, which means she needs even closer monitoring and careful day-to-day management. She is regularly watched for signs of infection, changes in breathing, sneezing, discharge, appetite, comfort and general wellbeing. Jess stays most comfortable with daily nebuliser treatment in her box, usually 2–3 times a day. This helps support her breathing and manage her chronic symptoms. She also needs a dental this year, adding to her ongoing veterinary needs. Jess’s care is constant, gentle and carefully managed around keeping her comfortable, stable and safe.

🧡 Jess today

Despite everything she has been through, Jess loves people. She is gentle, affectionate and trusting and a true example of forgiveness. She enjoys calm spaces, routine and plenty of fuss, and she lets us know how happy she is with her warm purr.

Jess loves:
- Gentle strokes and chin rubs
- Quiet, comfy spaces
- Her daily pampering and care routines
- The attention she gets from “her” humans
- Being treated like the princess she is

Jess does not appreciate:
- Loud noises or stressful environments
- Unfamiliar animals in her space
- Vet trips, even though she is very experienced by now
- Dusty areas or anything that makes her sneeze
- Nasty infections flaring up and making her uncomfortable

She is soft, loving, brave and incredibly special.

🏠 Jess’s future

Jess is a permanent sanctuary resident and will stay here with us for life. Due to her chronic rhinitis, returned hole in the roof of her mouth, need for daily nebulising, infection monitoring and ongoing veterinary care, Jess needs lifelong stability and a home that fully understands her medical needs. She is safe, loved and settled with us, where her daily care is part of her routine and her comfort can be closely monitored. For Jess, sanctuary means safety, gentle care, medical support, routine, comfort and a life where she is treasured exactly as she deserves.

🐾 Why sponsor Jess?

Sponsoring Jess helps support:
- Daily food, litter and comfort care
- Nebuliser treatment and ongoing respiratory support
- Monitoring for infection and health changes
- Veterinary care for her chronic rhinitis and mouth issues
- Dental treatment and future medical needs
- The general running of our sanctuary for cats like her

💛 Sponsorship information

This sponsorship is a one-off donation made through our website. It helps support Jess’s care and the wider sanctuary work that keeps cats like her safe. Monthly support for the general running of the sanctuary can be set up separately through our monthly supporter page.

🐱 Important information

- This is a sponsorship donation, not a physical product
- Sponsorship does not confer ownership or guarantee adoption
- If Jess’s circumstances change, funds will continue to support our sanctuary cats

Thank you for supporting our beautiful Jess, gentle, brave, forgiving and every inch the sanctuary queen. 🧡🐾